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The impact of pathways to work on work, earnings and self-reported health in the April 2006 expansion areas
- Authors:
- BEWLEY Helen, DORSETT Richard, SALIS Sergio
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 58p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Pathways to Work (or ‘Pathways’) aimed to support incapacity benefits customers in seeking work. This report is one part of the wider evaluation of Pathways to Work, commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). It uses survey data to look at work, earnings and self-reported health outcomes from Pathways, providing evidence on the consistency of its impact on a range of measures in different areas. Outcomes for individuals starting a claim for incapacity benefits before and after the introduction of Pathways in the April 2006 expansion areas are compared with those for individuals starting a claim at the same points in time in a set of comparison areas. It also explores possible explanations for apparent differences. It goes on to consider whether the impact of Pathways varied for particular groups of customers due to differences in their gender, age, the nature of their main health problem and whether dependent children were living within the household. The final chapter summarises the main results of the analysis, the differences between the pilot and April 2006 areas and the possible reasons for variations.
The impact of pathways to work on benefit receipt for the under 25s
- Authors:
- BEWLEY Helen, DORSETT Richard
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report describes the impact of Pathways to Work (Pathways) on those aged between 18 and 24 at the start of their claim for Incapacity Benefit (IB). The figures are based on analysis of administrative data and consider the impact of Pathways on claims for IB and Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA). The report comprises a number of tables and graphs which illustrate differences in the impact of Pathways on: receipt of IB among the under 25s, by gender; receipt of JSA among the under 25s, by gender; receipt of IB among the under 25s, by nature of health condition; receipt of JSA by the under 25s by mental health condition. It concludes that pathways reduced IB among the under 25s in the early months after the start of their claim for IB. The impact of Pathways was not found to vary by gender. Pathways had a stronger impact on reducing IB receipt by those with a mental health condition than for those with other types of health problems.